AI
Run Your Own AI at Home and Access It Anywhere with LM Studio and LM Link
Run an AI model on your home PC or homelab with LM Studio, connect it with LM Link, and use it from an iPhone, iPad, laptop, or work PC without opening ports.
HomeLab
AWS
Run AWS on Your Laptop: A 9-Part LocalStack Build Series (Part 2 - DynamoDB URL Shortener Data Layer)
Build the DynamoDB layer for a URL shortener on LocalStack: table design, atomic click counters, fixture loading, and a small Node CLI you can reuse. Part 3 detours into Lambda, then Part 4 wraps the shortener in an HTTP API.
AWS
Run AWS on Your Laptop: A 9-Part LocalStack Build Series (Part 1 - S3 Photo Uploader with Presigned URLs)
Build the first real app in the LocalStack series: an S3 bucket, CORS, presigned PUT URLs, and a tiny browser photo uploader.
Fedora
Fedora 44 Is Out: GNOME 50, GCC 16, Ruby 4.0, and Wine That Just Works
Fedora 44 released 28 April 2026. GNOME 50, kernel 6.19, NTSYNC for Wine, GCC 16, Ruby 4.0, CMake 4 with ninja. What changed and how to upgrade safely.
DevOps
Kubernetes 1.35: In-Place Pod Vertical Scaling Reaches GA
Kubernetes v1.35 brings in-place pod vertical scaling to GA after 6+ years. Adjust CPU/memory without pod recreation - but beware anti-patterns. This comprehensive guide covers proper use cases, alternatives like HPA/VPA, and why this powerful feature should be reserved for specific edge cases only.
DevOps
Bare-Metal Kubernetes Storage: Longhorn Setup (Part 2)
After setting up NFS storage in Part 1, I still had a problem: if my Unraid NAS went down, everything stopped. In this guide, I install Longhorn v1.10.1 on my bare-metal Kubernetes cluster for distributed storage with automatic failover. I tested it by shutting down a worker node, the data survived.
Kubernetes
Baremetal Kubernetes Storage: NFS Setup with Unraid (Part 1)
Bare-metal k8s storage made simple: Use your Unraid/Synology NAS + NFS CSI driver for instant ReadWriteMany volumes.